"Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic] / J. Gillray fecit.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [ca. 1868?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 18.5 x 14.3 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added below image in lower left. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5790 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?] - Abstract:
- A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket.
- Topics:
- Butchers.
Clothing & dress--England--1780.
Dandies--French.
Meat.
National characteristics, French.
Starvation. - Topics:
- Field & Tuer, publisher.
- Caption:
- leaf 11
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1868.
Restrikes.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1780. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Call Number:
- 724 836C
Folio 724 836C (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 15538040
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr35379c
- OID:
- 17355881
- PID:
- digcoll:5262101
